Improvement in match-boxes



E. B. BEEOHER. Match-Box.

No 216,501. Patented June 17, I879.

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EBENEZER B. BEECHER, OF WESTVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

IM PROVEMENT IN MATCH-BOXES.

Specification'forming part of Letters Patent No. 216,501, dated June 17,1879; application filed March 24, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBENEZERB. BEECHER, of Westville, county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Match-Boxes; and I do hereby; declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

This invention is a match-box which is provided upon one of its faceswith a series of independent sand surfaces fori gnitin g the match, aswill be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a match-boxhaving my improvement applied thereto, and Figs. 2 and 3 plan views ofthe same in a reversed position.

To enable others skilled in the art to make my invention, I will nowproceed to describe fully the construction of the same.

A, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, represents a match-box of any proper constructionand of any suitable material, which is provided upon one of its faces a,Figs. 2 and 3, with a series of independent sand surfaces, 0/ a, asshown. These surfaces are, preferably, so arranged as to form anornamental design, as shown in Fig. 2; but, if desired, they may bearranged in simple straight lines, as shown in Fig. 3, or in any otherproper manner. These surfaces may be formed upon the box by firstprinting thereon the design in glue, or in any other proper adhesivematerial, and then sanding the samein the manner well understood.

By the use of independent sand surfaces instead of one that iscontinuous the igniting EBENEZER B. BEECHER.

Witnesses L. W. BEECHER, J. F. BENTON.

